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i have found a bug in xfree that makes opaque mouse drag (in xfree) to be too slow (jumpy), but got no response from any of the developers. (i've tested a workaround, and on my system Xfree is faster then XP).

You should bother them some more . I'm having a hard time getting a patch of mine into a relatively mature project too, so I know how it feels (wow! I just checked the CVS and my patch has been merged, after 6+ weeks, heh).

About the NVidia drivers: They seem to be plenty stable for OpenGL applications (which I'm developing) but I can't use any GTK+ 2.0 applications without killing the X server while using them. If I switch to the "nv" drivers everything is fine but I can't use OpenGL =P.